Innovation Demonstrations for Healthcare Week
The team at Crawford are proud to announce that we will be featured as a Showcasing Partner at Australian Healthcare Week 2015.
There we will have one of our unique, fabulous Kitchens on display, with demonstrations from a surprise celebrity Chef and much more!
Come and join us at one of the largest and most diverse healthcare events in Australia. Click the image to follow the link or visit: http://www.austhealthweek.com.au/
New kitchen refurbishments for Uniting Agewell
As winter set in for the rest of us in Australia, Uniting Agewell's 'Camberwell Community' set about refurbishing their floors.
After hiring one of Crawford's PK Series Kitchens, the Camberwell residents did not miss one meal while their kitchen was upgraded.
We followed up with Uniting Agewell after the completion of the job to find that they were "more than happy." "We had used a different one (another kitchen hire company) in the past however Crawford were more professional. We weren't disappointed, everything ran in a smooth and timely fashion. The whole process was very easy and the driver was most courteous and professional."
Crawford are glad to have made the difference and wishes Uniting Agewell all the best in their current and future ventures.
Meet the Team
'Crawfords' are pleased to welcome Ronda MacWhirter (Ronnie) to the newly created role of Business Development Coordinator.
With qualifications in Frontline Management, Project Management and Business Administration - Ronnie brings to our team a wealth of experience in assisting senior management team with business development and specialised projects in various industries including Aged Care (residential, home care, villages); Emergency Management; Hospital Construction; Workplace Safety; Professional Consulting and Recruitment.
The World’s longest Bubbly Bar
The World’s longest Bubbly Bar – Canberra’s Centenary celebrations - 11th March 2013.
Crawford’s supplied 2 kitchens which served over 4000 meals between 3pm and 8pm on the day.
The Kitchens were positioned on the roadway behind the tables, for easy access and each contained 6 chefs and dish washing staff.
A sample of our successful hires for Aged Care facilities
SE suburbs of Melbourne - A retirement village/nursing home catering for up to 200 residents undertaking a 2 year redevelopment.
Management investigated various options to cater for three meals per day. A Crawford mobile kitchen proved to be the best possible solution. See the testimonial. A PK Series kitchen at a retirement village/nursing home catering for 90 residents in Western Victoria - 4 month renovation.
A PK Series kitchen at a retirement village catering for 75 residents, Noble Park, Victoria – 6 day kitchen floor renovation.
Black Saturday
Black Saturday was of the size and magnitude to test the limits of a huge range of highly trained, experienced service providers – not only the obvious emergency response crews (including fire-fighters, DSE crews, National Parks personnel, Defence forces, Police and others); but also other providers such as kitchen suppliers. The call came at 9pm on Black Saturday to provide a kitchen to feed 200 people in Alexandra.
No-one anticipated the devastation, the enormous loss, the emotional and physical trauma that was unfolding. It didn't take long to realise that this emergency was like no other. At the height of activity a typical day might include 1,400 hot breakfast, 1,500 lunch packs, 1,500 hot dinners, snack packs for fire crews working through the night, continuous tea and coffee – all delivered out of one kitchen.
Three more of our kitchens were deployed at other towns near the scene of the fires throughout the emergency – at Whittlesea, Healesville and Wesburn. Emergency service crews were very impressed by the ease of set-up and the range and volume of food that could be produced.
Australasian Safari
Our latest PK Series Kitchen travelled some 7500 km round trip to be used to feed the participants as they belted across the desert - from Kalgoorlie, north to Sandstone, across to Meekatharra, Mt Magnet, to Geraldton and then to Perth.
Crawford Catering set up the kitchen and marquee 5 times over 7 days, preparing over 4000 meals (hot breakfast, lunch, dinner).
The kitchen performed superbly. All equipment withstood the constant set-up, pack-up and transport extremely well. Check out the race (to rival Paris to Dakar) on www.australasiansafari.com.au and the action on YouTube.